Saturday, June 23, 2012

Happy Duan Wu Festival



Summer Flowers (Thunder Cat in the Background)

Summer is already here, the flowers in my garden are flourishing, and our cats Lyra and Thunder demand to be out playing everyday, several times a day.

Today, June 23, 2012, is the Fifth of May in Chinese lunar calendar, which is Duan Wu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival.

This is a day in memory of the legendary poet QU Yuan, who drowned himself in Mi-Luo River in a way to demonstrate his discontent of Chu King.

Now it is fun day to have dragon boat racing and eat Zong-zi.

Do you prepare your own Zong-zi or shop it from local Chinese grocery store?
Zong-zi Dragon Boat Festival
Duan Wu Festival Zongzi